LECTURE 3

Art Appreciation and

Human Faculties
OUTCOMES:
a. Describe art appreciation,
b.Analyze works of art according to four
levels: perceptual elements,
representations, emotional suggestions,
and intellectual meaning; and
c. Design an artwork that shows the four
level of analysis.
 U RE 3.1
LEC T
c A r t
Basi
C ri t i c i s m
 When we observe art, our minds go through a
process. This process naturally translates into steps
of art criticism.

 If we are artist, we must recognize what is good and

what is bad, what is true and what is lie, and what is
beautiful and what is not.

 If we are patrons, we must be able to discern

successful art from failure as well.
Four Steps in Formal Analysis
1. Description

2. Analysis

3. Interpretation

4. Judgement
Four Steps in Formal Analysis
1. Description  pure description of the object without value judgments,
analysis, or interpretation. It answers the question, "What do
you see?“

2. Analysis  determining what the features suggest and deciding why the
artist used such features to convey specific ideas.It answers
the question, "How did the artist do it?“

3. Interpretation  establishing the broader context for this type of art. It

answers the question, "Why did the artist create it and what
does it mean.

4. Judgement  Judging a piece of work means giving it rank in relation to other

works and of course considering a very important aspect of the
visual arts; its originality. Is it a good artwork?
 U RE 3. 2
LEC T
a n d t h e
Ar t
Hu m a n
Es se n c e
 What is a
human being?
 THREE HUMAN FACULTIES

MIND REASON THINKING

WILL EMOTION FEELING

SENSES PERCEPTION SENSING

Eyes Sensation Seeing
Ears Hearing
Nose Smelling
Tongue Tasting
Skin Touching
Imagination Imagining
 ANALYSIS OF ART BASED ON THE
THREE HUMAN FACULTIES
LEVEL OF 1. PERCEPTUAL ELEMENTS
THE SENSES Sense-Data: Lines, Color, Shapes, etc.

2. REPRESENTATIONS
Things, People, Objects, Events
LEVEL OF
THE WILL 3. EMOTIONAL SUGGESTIONS
Happy, Sad, Afraid etc.

LEVEL OF
4. INTELLECTUAL MEANING
THE MIND
Ideas, Concepts, Symbolism
VISUAL ELEMENTS
COLORS: Red, Yellow, Blue, White, Black

SHAPES: Rectangles, Square

LINES: Straight, Horizontal and Vertical

Mondrian,
Composition with Red,
Yellow and Blue
1924
 VISUAL ELEMENTS
COLOR
SHAPES
LINES

REPRESENTATIONS
PEOPLE: Woman, Farmers
ANIMALS: Chicken, Carabao
THINGS: Trees, Nipa Hut,
Sky, Clouds, Mountain
EVENTS: Winnowing,
Planting, Cooking

Amorsolo
Winnowing Rice,
1957
VISUAL ELEMENTS
COLOR
SHAPES
LINES

REPRESENTATIONS
PEOPLE
ANIMALS
THINGS
EVENTS

EMOTIONAL SUGGESTION
FEAR OR TERROR: Shown by the facial expression
of the woman, and by the curving lines of red,
yellow, orange of the sky

Munch
The Scream
1893
Stynweck,
The Vanities
of Human Life 1645

VISUAL ELEMENTS
COLORS, Etc.
REPRESENTATIONS
THINGS, Etc.

EMOTIONAL SUGGESTION
SADNESS
INTELLECTUAL MEANING
CONCEPTS, IDEAS, SYMBOLS
 Stynweck,
The Vanities
LIGHT Optimism SHELL Wealth SKULL Death of Human Life 1645
Hope, God
HELMET Power CLOCK Time
MUSICAL INTELLECTUAL MEANING
INSTRUMENTS JAR Celebration LAMP End of Life
Beauty CONCEPTS, IDEAS, SYMBOLS
BOOK Knowledge SAMURAI Suicide
From the Book
DARK Pessimism of Ecclesiastes
in the Bible

MEMENTO
MORI
Reflecting
about
Death
.
 U RE 3.3
LEC T
P ro c e s s
Th e
of A r t
e c i a t i o n
Ap p r
 ART
APPRECIATION
 ART APPRECIATION

APPRECIATION

PERSON as WORK OF ART

spectator/viewer as object
ART APPRECIATION
Positive
perceptual Sense-Data and Representation
emotional Feelings
intellectual Meanings
response to Communication and Reaction
the beauty Value that delights
of artworks Painting, Sculpture, Music
Which art do you appreciate most?
CONNECTING ACTIVITY:

Paint, draw, or sketch to create an artwork that shows the

four level of analysis (visual elements, representations, emotional
suggestion, and intellectual meaning) using the format given.